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EH 030EP
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2006 release. Canadian Dave Atherton started up Los Checkmates in 1966, enlisting the musical services of fellow students Joe Aleo, Kippy Albert, and Carlene Kern, while also picking up local musicians from other area universities, including Javier Batiz, who later played with Santana, and Fito de la Parra (Canned Heat). They made what became Los Checkmates' sole album over a month-long period -- the perfect combination of their two lead singers, all joining to make their sound something unique.
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2010 release. In 1969, Los York's went on to change labels, leaving MAG and signing on the El Virrey label. The MAG label then released this record, recruiting Pablo "Melcochita" Villanueva (comic cabaret actor and tropical musician) to put some voices in a few tracks, left unfinished, along with some other pieces recorded by Los Teddys. Those sessions spawned tracks like "El Loco," "El Psicodelico" and "El Preso." The result is disconcerting -- a real rarity which goes all the way from grotesque to enthralling.
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New Juggler Sound, Laghonia, Smog, and the first We All Together constitute the only rock saga in Latin America. With 40 years of permanence during which, although they have had their ups-and-downs, they always maintained a solid musical coherence oriented towards what today is defined as power-pop. The best of their early magic is revealed in this anthology in all its secret splendor.
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EH 026EP
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A collection of the most aggressive moments from Los Yaki, probably the most popular band in Mexico that recorded more than 10 albums. The selection includes songs by The Troggs, The Kinks, The Stones, Little Richard, Human Beingz and Deep Purple, plus some originals. Sort of similar to Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, except rendered by a very aggressive Mexican garage band. Mastered from the original tapes.
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2007 release. Relying on the extreme richness of Columbian folkloric music, Los Electrónicos used the most up-to-date studio of their time to create a new approach to the songs they played -- "utter respect" for the songs and mood was the general slogan; total rhythmic, tonal and instrumental "liberty" was the general result.
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2006 release. Los Monjes maintained a trio line-up somewhere along the uncertain border between jazz and rock. They were the Mexican Ramsey Lewis Trio and they found salvation thanks to the organ and the riff-raff of their guitars. This release compiles their two EPs released on CBS-Mexico, a song from their 1966 live album Desde el Politecnico, plus an additional rarity entitled "Que Sera."
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2009 release. Mexico is a bottomless mine of rock'n'roll, beat and surf gemstones. Originally from Monterrey, Nuevo León, The Cambridge Stones are one of those obscure jewels. Discos Coro released their only album, Discotheque A-Go-Go, a completely instrumental LP with obvious British and American influences: The Ventures, The Shadows, Dick Dale, The Champs, Duane Eddy and Bill Justis.
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2009 release. The Knacks are one of the cornerstones of '60s Argentine music. They left a rich legacy full of freakbeat, garage and British psychedelia sounds pressed on a bunch of singles impossible to find today without paying a huge amount of money. This compilation of some of their best singles is an acknowledgement to their great role as pioneers of Argentine beat music.
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2009 release. Los Temerarios were five young guys from the State of Tabasco, Mexico, who in 1965 decided they were ready to conquer Mexico City with their Beatles suits and wild beat music. They recorded three albums, one on Regis (Rock, Rock, Rock, 1965) and two on Son Art (La Catedral de Winchester, 1966 and this eponymous compilation from 1967). They had a short-lived radio hit with the Beatles-esque "Vas a Perder a Esa Chica" and later on started other projects.
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EH 047EP
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A rare psychedelic gem from Nicaragua's Los Rockets, including their 1968 debut LP with covers of Cream, Peter, Paul & Mary, Duke Ellington and Los Brincos, plus some terrific cumbia beat instrumentals which were hugely successful when they were released. Los Rockets were one of the first and most relevant bands in Nicaragua during the '60s and early '70s, regular performers at legendary venue La Tortuga Morada and owners of their own famous club, The Happening. Reissued on vinyl for the first time.
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